Investigating live animals and wildlife products on the internet Ukraine Dr. Andriy-Taras Bashta, Association “Fauna”, Ukraine

Illegal wildlife trade is gaining growth on the internet, as evidenced by the number of websites with ads. The purpose of this survey is to measure the scale of the trade.

Methodology This methodology has been developed based on the learning’s of past IFAW investigations. This survey will focus on Appendix I priority species and elephants. The survey itself will take place over a period of six weeks with snap shots taking place weekly.

Lots of animals to order

Websites

Website Number of advertisements for endangered or threatened species for sale on the internet - 976

Number of ads – 976 Total items for sale Overall costs – hrn. ( Euro) Sellers – 428 (359 – single, 69 – multiple) Number of ads claim to legality – 456 Total number of ads with supporting documents - 32

Birds of prey15- Pheasant128- Crane23- Parrots295- Other birds11- Elephant-190 Otter-13 Whale-22 Bear2-2 Cat49- Primate217- Reptiles25429 CategoryLive animalsProductsTotals Total

Huge amount of live animals Lots of cats and primates (like orangutan) Some animals extreme rare (eg., bridled nail- tail wallaby)

A lot of ivory

+ Increasing of information about existence of documents (incl. CITES) -+ Relative stable species diversity -? Increasing of proportion of ads from companies

Trends - Increasing of number of ivory derivates - Increasing of number of different bird species (namely – pheasants, penguins, cranes etc.) - Increasing of species number from App. 1

Thank you for attention!